To follow up, please see social guidance below thanking senators for voting down the bad Lee Antiquities Act amendment in the public lands package yesterday.

Protecting our #PublicLands isn’t about politics -- it’s about our kids and their future. Thank you to [INSERT HANDLE] and our elected leaders for standing up for future generations & leading the fight to protect the #AntiquitiesAct
Thank you [INSERT HANDLE] for standing up for #PublicLands and #MonumentsforAll and ensuring that future generations can enjoy them just like we do!
HUGE NEWS: The Senate just rejected attacks on #MonumentsforAll! Big thanks to our public land champions and [INSERT HANDLE] for defending the #AntiquitiesAct!
Hardworking families know that monuments and public lands are what make the great outdoors “great” and that’s why they’re thanking [INSERT HANDLE] for protecting the #AntiquitiesAct! #MonumentsforAll

From: Jackie Day
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 10:24 AM
To: cdp@groups.b-team.org
Subject: Call Notes 2/12

>>If you say one thing today – Trump needlessly created the longest government shutdown in our history instead of passing critical funding to support the public servants that protect the health of our kids, families, and communities. Trump’s new pick for the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, continues the culture of corruption at Trump’s EPA by pushing a toxic agenda that threatens the health of our children and demoralizes these public servants. As Trump threatens another shutdown, the Senate must stand with these public servants who are our first line of defense against air and water pollution and prevent another reckless shutdown that threatens the health of future generations.

>>If you do one thing today – Use this toolkit to participate in a #TrumpShutdown day of action TODAY focused on kids’ health by tweeting at least three times.

On the Horizon…

February 12 TODAY: Monuments for All Hill Briefing (RSVP here)

February 12 TODAY: #Shutdown Day of Action focusing on kids’ health led by MCAF

February 12 TODAY: HNR Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee and Indigenous Peoples subcommittee hearings on climate change

February 12 TODAY: Silent action in the Hart Atrium to stand with federal workers affected by the #TrumpShutdown

*DELAYED* February 13: AFGE rally at the Capitol against another shutdown (Facebook event)

February 13: Arctic EIS public hearing in DC

February 13: HNR National Parks subcommittee hearing on climate change

February 13: House Science Committee hearing on climate science

February 13: Energy & Water subcommittee of Appropriations will be holding an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program

February 14: EPA NSPS Coal Hearing in DC

February 14: #ClimateValentines

February 15: Federal government funding deadline

February 19: EPA Coal NSPS comment period DEADLINE

February 27/28: Dirty Water Rule hearings in Kansas City, KS

March 11: Initial FY20 budget expected out from the White House

Help Needed

Amplify this NYT story on Bernhardt working to roll back endangered species protections that would help his former client (guidance to come)
Arctic

>>Use this toolkit to send an action alert to your members urging them to comment against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by 3/13 (includes directions on how to submit and track your comments, background resources, talking points, and sample alerts)
>>Additionally, turn people out to the hearing in DC this Wednesday 2/13 (Facebook event)

Use this CAC toolkit to message around the mercury rule rollback and send action alerts for comments!

Let CAC/Marcy (msutter@cacampaign.com) know:

If your org is collecting comments so we can maintain an accurate community-wide count
If you’re collecting but don’t have a landing page

Green New Deal was officially released by AOC and Markey last Thursday.

Use this CAC social guidance for groups who have AND have not endorsed.
Sign up here to join Sunrise Movement in backing this resolution.

Majority Leader Hoyer’s office has requested the submission of all hill events/fly-ins for 2019, to be shared with all House Democratic offices for scheduling and messaging purposes.

Please submit your events here

#ClimateValentines

Message on a range of issues this Thursday 2/14, including the coal NSPS hearing in DC!
Sierra Club guidance
CAC guidance to come

Wheeler

Bernhardt top asks:

Put out a statement using these rapid response resources labeling Bernhardt as a walking conflict of interest, chief steward of DOI’s culture of corruption, and unfit to serve.
Amplify this NYT story on Bernhardt working to roll back endangered species protections that would help his former client
Help call out Bernhardt's conflicts of interest by retweeting here
If your CEO or senior staff is available, consider pitching them to cable
Use this social guidance to amplify media hits around Bernhardt

Offshore Drilling Defense

Now that the shutdown is over (for now), administration is expected to release its proposed final “5-year” year offshore drilling plan
If you haven’t already, use this link to join the community response statement
After release, there will be a 90 day comment period and a yet unspecified number of public “listening sessions,” where there will be protests across the country. See this link for background, a spreadsheet of contacts for these events, and messaging materials.Consider reaching out the event organizers to lend a hand OR consider hosting an event
Reach out to Franz (fmatzner@nrdc.org) or Diane Hoskins (dhoskins@oceana.org) with questions!

Use this #PeopleOverPolluters toolkit to elevate and push back on the worst rollbacks around toxins
Use this toolkit to message on the Dirty Water Rule

Intel

Lands Package

The Lee Antiquities Act amendment tanked on the Senate floor with a 60-33 vote count.

Thank senators for voting against this amendment! (guidance to come)

Final Senate vote this afternoon
House expected to take up the package when they return after recess
>>Continue using this LWCF toolkit to thank senators for passing the bill and pivot to urging the House to get this to the finish line

House Climate Hearings

Today at 10 AM the Energy & Mineral Resources subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a hearing on "Climate Change: Preparing for the Energy Transition."
Today at 2 PM the Indigenous Peoples subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a hearing on "The Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal Communities."
On Wednesday at 10 AM the National Parks subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a hearing on "Climate Change and Public Lands: Examining Impacts and Considering Adaptation Opportunities."
On Wednesday at 10 AM the Science Committee will be holding a hearing on "The State of Climate Science and Why it Matters."
On Wednesday at 10 AM the Energy & Water subcommittee of Appropriations will be holding an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program.

#TrumpShutdown

Latest intel:

Appropriators reached a deal “in principle” last night.

Includes $1.375 billion for physical barriers, far less than the $5 billion requested by the president. Includes a total of 55 miles. Democrats agreed to drop their demand to restrict the number of people who can be detained by Immigration and Custom Enforcement at a time. Negotiators agreed to fund a total of 40,520 detention beds for ICE, a roughly 17 percent reduction from current levels.
The rest of the package is the six other approps bills including Interior Enviro, DHS, and a few others

Response:

>>Participate in a #TrumpShutdown day of action TODAY 2/12 focused on kids’ health by tweeting at least three times (toolkit here)
There's an AFGE rally at the Capitol TOMORROW 2/13 against another shutdown (Facebook event)

Conference

Senate conferees:

Republicans: Shelby, Capito, Hoeven, Blunt
Democrats: Leahy, Durbin, Tester

House conferees:

Republicans: Granger, Fleischmann, Graves, Palozzo
Democrats: Lowey, Roybal-Allard, Price, Lee, Cuellar, Aguilar

Community Objectives

Prevent another government shutdown
Come out with a full year of Interior Environment funding
No border wall funding (for groups engaged in this fight)

Actions this week

Use this toolkit to push back against another #TrumpShutdown
>>Use this accountability toolkit to work on these tactics:
Hold Republican Senate targets accountable for the damage caused by the shutdown
Support our champion and incoming freshmen in the House
Pressure conferees to not fund an unnecessary border wall

Resources

Targeted social guidance
Main messaging document and main tracking document for the impact and stories on the Trump shutdown.

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline	Comment Guidance	Hearing
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge	BLM	Open	3/13	Action alert toolkit	2/13 DC
Coal NSPS	EPA	Open	3/18		2/14
WOTUS Proposal (Dirty Water Rule)	EPA	Not Yet			2/27 and 28 in Kansas City, KS
Mercury Rule Rollback	EPA	Open	4/8	CAC toolkit	TBD